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herciare [OF hercier, AN hercer, herser] 1 to harrow, break ground; b (w. animal as subj.). radchen’, id est liberi homines, ‥ qui tamen omnes ad opus domini arabant et ~iabant et falcabant et metebant (Glos) DB I 166rb; c1120 arat et herzat j acram Cart. Burton 27; a1128 debet hercere j acram ad hyvernage Chr. Peterb. app. 163; a1129 debent ~iare totum hivernage . ‥ l sochemanni arant xlviij acras et ~iunt et metunt in Augusto Ib. 159; homines carrucas ducentes, et herceatores et equi de quibus herceant Ord. Vit. IX 3 p. 471; 1194 ~iare terram illam [semel] per annum in quadragesima CurR RC I 33; 1199 debent ‥ seminare et sarclare et hersiare et metere Ib. II 150; qui habet equm accommodat illum ad ~iandum in campo abbatis Reg. S. Aug. 26 (cf. ib.: hersiare, ib. 60: herceare); 1251 ~iabit etiam quolibet tempore seminis cum hercia qua terram propriam ~iat a mane usque ad solis occasum sine aliquo intervallo Cart. Rams. I 288; 1284 in x acris ‥ herciendis (v. esseware 1b); 1295 in xxviij equis cum totidem herciis conductis ad ~iandum (Lincs) MinAc 1090/3 r. 3; 1298 pro avena ~yanda xxvij opera Rec. Elton 79; 1364 in liberatione j daye ‥ et j garcionis ~iantis ad ambas seysonas Banstead 345; 1366 de Hugone [et al.] quia non †heraverunt [corr. to herciaverunt]les leys Hal. Durh. 60.  b 1211 in prebenda ij avrorum qui araverunt et hericiaverunt et marlaverunt Pipe Wint. 7. 2 ? f. l. 1276 in custu carucarum: ‥ in virgis emptis ad cord’ herciand’ [sic MS; ? l. herneciand’, i. e. harnesiand’] j d. (MinAc 1057/6 m. 1) Ac. Stratton 189.

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